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The QC, Vol. 82, No. 17 • February 29, 1996

1996_02_29_001

WHITTIER
COLLEGE
^^"^^ ^-^ February 29,1996
Quaker Campus
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
Increase of 5.3%Announced for
Tuition, 4% for Room, Board
FINANCES
► Over three quarters of the
funds raised by the tuition
increase will go to augment
college-based financial aid
available to students.
by MICHAEL GARABEDIAN
& CATHERINE PAYNE
QC Editors
Tuition for the next school
year will increase by 5.3% and
the cost of room and board will
increase by 4%, adminstrators announced Wednesday. This year's
annual increase follows the lowest increase in ten years of 4%
tuition and 2% room and board in
1995.
Tuition will rise to $17,800
from $16,898. The increase will
generate over $1 million in additional revenue. Most of this additional revenue will go directly
into college-based aid for students, with some of the remaining money going to academic
departments as part ofthe $1 million increase in the acamdemic
budget.
Financial aid is increasing in
the upcoming budget because "aid
packages need to be improved,"
said Hewitt, "so that the College
can be competitive."
Jascha Kakas-Wolli/QC Pholo Editor
► Poets Crush Cal
Junior Damien Ra-
mondo checks a Cal player on Saturday, pg 16
i> In the Feb. 22 QC, editors
jffitV tH(
$1,263,723 Fee Increase
23%
77%
$974,477 to Financial Aid
$289,246 to Academics
Coming From...
5.3% Increase in Tution
Desi Danganan/QC Pholo Editor
Approximately 77% of the
revenue generated by the tuition
increase will be used for college-
based aid.
"[The tuition increase] is well
within the normal range [of similar institutions] of 4%-6%," said
Harold Hewitt, the vice president
for business and finance.
According to Hewitt, Bon
Appetit requested a hike of around
3% to pay for food expenses.
In addition, funds will be allocated forthe reopening ofthe Club
and the Spot, with an investment
of $ 1.25 million for continued renovation and technological advancements for the entertainment
and food-service facilities.
A portion of the funds from
the tuition increase will be com
bined with money from administrative cuts to make a million dollar infusion into the academic affairs budget.
The additional million dollars
will be used to expand course selection opportunities, reduce average class sizes and create six
new fully-tenured faculty positions.
The million dollars will also
go to a 10% pay increase for the
faculty. The transfer to academic
departments "will substantially
improve the number and kinds of
courses offered," said President
James Ash. "We expect that there
will be a real loosening up of
options."
The tuition increase could
have been much more severe, said
Ash. "We decided we had to do
the million dollar transfer to Academic Affairs before we decided
how."
Ash said that one ofthe possible sources for the million was
entirely from tuition raises. "But
the decision I made was that we
shouldn't do that," he said.
The library's fund for new
acquisitions will be increased by
approximately 33%. These funds
added $ 100,000 to the permanent
acquisitional base used by the library to purchase books and other
resources.
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Photo courtesy of Whittier Law School
The Hancock Park location, near downtown LA.
Whittier Law School to
Move to Orange County
LAW SCHOOL
► College will continue to
receive $1 million per year
from the Law School despite
move to unspecified OCsite.
by ALEXANDER MACKIE
QC Editor-in-Chief
After several months of
closed-door real estate and financial dealing, the College's
administration announced
Monday that the Whittier
School of Law will relocate
from its home of 20 years in
Please see LAW pg.6
► QC Editorial
Why does the relocation of the Law School
matter? pg. 2
Lancers to Hold Mona Kai On Campus
SOCIETIES
► As a result ofthe infractions
which took place at last year's
event, the Lancer Society will
hold the annual dance on
campus for the first time.
by JEN SANCHEZ-SALAZAR
QC Senior Staff Writer
In a compromise with Dean of
Student Life^.Susan Allen, the
Lancer Society will be allowed to
hold this year's annual Mona Kai
dance in the newly constructed
Club—provided the renovated
facility is open in time.
As a result of various problems with "party management" at
last year's Mona Kai dance, which
was held at an off-campus site,
the Lancer Society was put on
partial probation for the 1995-
1996 school year, Allen said. The
society's privileges to hold social
events were suspended from May
to November. They were taken
off probation after they organiza-
ed a party management seminar
for other societies.
However, after a semester of
successful society activities, in1
cluding pledging and the Erotic
City club, and having fulfilled their
obligation to participate in party
management workshops, members of the Lancer Society appealed to Allen to reconsider her
one-year ban on Mona Kai, the
island theme party that has traditionally been preceded by a week
of society stags, sunrise kegs and
outdoor activities by the Rock.
"We realize that we made mi s-
takes last year,".said senior Vuk
Milojkovic, vice president of the
Lancer Society, "We knew there
had to be consequences and we
realized that Dean Allen had a
responsibility to enforce her sanctions, but during the last semester
we've tried to prove that we've
learned how to run our events
more responsibly. We wanted to
keep the spirit of Mona Kai alive
while working within (Allen's)
sanctions," Milojkovic said.
"I was willing to entertain their
appeal to reconsider the sanctions," Allen said, "but I do think
there should be a consequence to
last year's problems, which were
severe."
As a compromise, Allen
agreed to allow the society to hold
"We knew there
had to be consequences and we
realized that Dean
Allen had a responsibility to enforce
her sanctions."
Vuk Milojkovic, vice president
of the Lancer Society
the main party event on campus,
in a modified form in which alcohol and other aspects of the party
are handled differently.
The event is scheduled to be
held in the renovated Club on Friday, April 28, but will be postponed or moved to the Faculty
Center in the event that the Club's
opening is delayed.
According to Milojkovic, he
and Allen had explored other options for an on-campus location,
including the Upper Quad and
Wardman parking lot, but each of
those alternatives was ruled out
because of safety and security
concerns. Finally the Club was
identified as the logical indoor
alternative.
1 think there are a lot of really
positive things about having (the
dance) in the Club," said sophomore Jascha Kaykas-Wolff, the
chair of Mona Kai. "I think this
Mona Kai has a strong chance of
being the best-attended event of
the College this year," said Kaykas-Wolff.
The thick layer of sand which
has in past years created the illusion of the beach where Mona
Kai was originally held will probably be transformed into a small
sandy area on the Club's patio,
Allen said, and alcohol will be
available at a cash bar run by Bon
Appetit, Kaykas-Wolff said. This
will mark the first time alcohol
will be legally available at the
dance.
"All in all, it's a lot easier to
deal with as an on-campus event,"
Kaykas-Wolff said. "We don't
have to worry about security, bathrooms, anything."
Milojkovic added, "We asked
COR for less money than in past
years."
Although this year's dance
may resemble nothing more than
"the biggest club ever," Kaykas-
Wolff emphasized that Mona Kai
Please see DANCE pg.4
ISSUE 17* VOLUME 82

WHITTIER
COLLEGE
^^"^^ ^-^ February 29,1996
Quaker Campus
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
Increase of 5.3%Announced for
Tuition, 4% for Room, Board
FINANCES
► Over three quarters of the
funds raised by the tuition
increase will go to augment
college-based financial aid
available to students.
by MICHAEL GARABEDIAN
& CATHERINE PAYNE
QC Editors
Tuition for the next school
year will increase by 5.3% and
the cost of room and board will
increase by 4%, adminstrators announced Wednesday. This year's
annual increase follows the lowest increase in ten years of 4%
tuition and 2% room and board in
1995.
Tuition will rise to $17,800
from $16,898. The increase will
generate over $1 million in additional revenue. Most of this additional revenue will go directly
into college-based aid for students, with some of the remaining money going to academic
departments as part ofthe $1 million increase in the acamdemic
budget.
Financial aid is increasing in
the upcoming budget because "aid
packages need to be improved,"
said Hewitt, "so that the College
can be competitive."
Jascha Kakas-Wolli/QC Pholo Editor
► Poets Crush Cal
Junior Damien Ra-
mondo checks a Cal player on Saturday, pg 16
i> In the Feb. 22 QC, editors
jffitV tH(
$1,263,723 Fee Increase
23%
77%
$974,477 to Financial Aid
$289,246 to Academics
Coming From...
5.3% Increase in Tution
Desi Danganan/QC Pholo Editor
Approximately 77% of the
revenue generated by the tuition
increase will be used for college-
based aid.
"[The tuition increase] is well
within the normal range [of similar institutions] of 4%-6%," said
Harold Hewitt, the vice president
for business and finance.
According to Hewitt, Bon
Appetit requested a hike of around
3% to pay for food expenses.
In addition, funds will be allocated forthe reopening ofthe Club
and the Spot, with an investment
of $ 1.25 million for continued renovation and technological advancements for the entertainment
and food-service facilities.
A portion of the funds from
the tuition increase will be com
bined with money from administrative cuts to make a million dollar infusion into the academic affairs budget.
The additional million dollars
will be used to expand course selection opportunities, reduce average class sizes and create six
new fully-tenured faculty positions.
The million dollars will also
go to a 10% pay increase for the
faculty. The transfer to academic
departments "will substantially
improve the number and kinds of
courses offered," said President
James Ash. "We expect that there
will be a real loosening up of
options."
The tuition increase could
have been much more severe, said
Ash. "We decided we had to do
the million dollar transfer to Academic Affairs before we decided
how."
Ash said that one ofthe possible sources for the million was
entirely from tuition raises. "But
the decision I made was that we
shouldn't do that," he said.
The library's fund for new
acquisitions will be increased by
approximately 33%. These funds
added $ 100,000 to the permanent
acquisitional base used by the library to purchase books and other
resources.
y>F- ^^F^rz' /^PP%j- :i#ffi8p8^ ^^i^Brso y, ',' i$fo$ . aS&Sw.
Photo courtesy of Whittier Law School
The Hancock Park location, near downtown LA.
Whittier Law School to
Move to Orange County
LAW SCHOOL
► College will continue to
receive $1 million per year
from the Law School despite
move to unspecified OCsite.
by ALEXANDER MACKIE
QC Editor-in-Chief
After several months of
closed-door real estate and financial dealing, the College's
administration announced
Monday that the Whittier
School of Law will relocate
from its home of 20 years in
Please see LAW pg.6
► QC Editorial
Why does the relocation of the Law School
matter? pg. 2
Lancers to Hold Mona Kai On Campus
SOCIETIES
► As a result ofthe infractions
which took place at last year's
event, the Lancer Society will
hold the annual dance on
campus for the first time.
by JEN SANCHEZ-SALAZAR
QC Senior Staff Writer
In a compromise with Dean of
Student Life^.Susan Allen, the
Lancer Society will be allowed to
hold this year's annual Mona Kai
dance in the newly constructed
Club—provided the renovated
facility is open in time.
As a result of various problems with "party management" at
last year's Mona Kai dance, which
was held at an off-campus site,
the Lancer Society was put on
partial probation for the 1995-
1996 school year, Allen said. The
society's privileges to hold social
events were suspended from May
to November. They were taken
off probation after they organiza-
ed a party management seminar
for other societies.
However, after a semester of
successful society activities, in1
cluding pledging and the Erotic
City club, and having fulfilled their
obligation to participate in party
management workshops, members of the Lancer Society appealed to Allen to reconsider her
one-year ban on Mona Kai, the
island theme party that has traditionally been preceded by a week
of society stags, sunrise kegs and
outdoor activities by the Rock.
"We realize that we made mi s-
takes last year,".said senior Vuk
Milojkovic, vice president of the
Lancer Society, "We knew there
had to be consequences and we
realized that Dean Allen had a
responsibility to enforce her sanctions, but during the last semester
we've tried to prove that we've
learned how to run our events
more responsibly. We wanted to
keep the spirit of Mona Kai alive
while working within (Allen's)
sanctions," Milojkovic said.
"I was willing to entertain their
appeal to reconsider the sanctions," Allen said, "but I do think
there should be a consequence to
last year's problems, which were
severe."
As a compromise, Allen
agreed to allow the society to hold
"We knew there
had to be consequences and we
realized that Dean
Allen had a responsibility to enforce
her sanctions."
Vuk Milojkovic, vice president
of the Lancer Society
the main party event on campus,
in a modified form in which alcohol and other aspects of the party
are handled differently.
The event is scheduled to be
held in the renovated Club on Friday, April 28, but will be postponed or moved to the Faculty
Center in the event that the Club's
opening is delayed.
According to Milojkovic, he
and Allen had explored other options for an on-campus location,
including the Upper Quad and
Wardman parking lot, but each of
those alternatives was ruled out
because of safety and security
concerns. Finally the Club was
identified as the logical indoor
alternative.
1 think there are a lot of really
positive things about having (the
dance) in the Club," said sophomore Jascha Kaykas-Wolff, the
chair of Mona Kai. "I think this
Mona Kai has a strong chance of
being the best-attended event of
the College this year," said Kaykas-Wolff.
The thick layer of sand which
has in past years created the illusion of the beach where Mona
Kai was originally held will probably be transformed into a small
sandy area on the Club's patio,
Allen said, and alcohol will be
available at a cash bar run by Bon
Appetit, Kaykas-Wolff said. This
will mark the first time alcohol
will be legally available at the
dance.
"All in all, it's a lot easier to
deal with as an on-campus event,"
Kaykas-Wolff said. "We don't
have to worry about security, bathrooms, anything."
Milojkovic added, "We asked
COR for less money than in past
years."
Although this year's dance
may resemble nothing more than
"the biggest club ever," Kaykas-
Wolff emphasized that Mona Kai
Please see DANCE pg.4
ISSUE 17* VOLUME 82